The story of the general election campaign in Wiltshire

TV studio as debate is underway
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The BBC held a Your Voice Your Vote debate for Wiltshire candidates

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As Wiltshire prepares to elect its next MPs, the BBC has been hearing from local voters and candidates about the priorities for the county.

Since 2015 all Wiltshire's MPs have been Conservative, but Labour and the Liberal Democrats are pinning their hopes on winning back a presence here.

For the first time, the Green Party and Reform UK are fielding candidates in every seat, and there are several smaller party and independent candidates too.

Due to the redrawing of the electoral map, Wiltshire is going from a total of seven up to eight MPs, sharing one with Gloucestershire.

Local BBC election debates

BBC Radio Wiltshire has hosted three election debates for the local area, with questions and topics suggested by our audience through the BBC's Your Voice Your Vote.

Dentists, social care, housing and trust in politics came up as topics in our county-wide visualised debate, available on BBC iPlayer or just below, with a representative from each of the five main parties.

Radio debates specifically for Swindon and for Salisbury are also available on BBC Sounds.

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Dan O'Brien hosts a special Wiltshire election debate

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Wiltshire's had a full set of Conservative MPs since 2015 - but Labour and the Liberal Democrats are more confident than they've been in years about making a comeback

Find out about your constituency

You can find out your constituency and see your full list of candidates on your local ballot by entering your postcode here or at the bottom of this page.

Swindon as a whole is typically seen as a key battleground between the Conservatives and Labour, consistently electing MPs of the party ending up in government in every general election for the last 40 years.

Listen to the candidates and some of the issues in South Swindon, and in North Swindon.

Listen to the rest of the BBC's profiles of the newly-drawn constituencies in Wiltshire below:

Polls will be open from 0700 to 2200 on Thursday 4th July.

When will we learn the local results?

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Swindon's famously fast counts take place in the Great Hall of the town's Steam Museum, pictured here during recent local elections

All Wiltshire's results will be counted overnight Thursday into Friday.

Swindon is famously fast at counting, with South Swindon constituency expected to be the first in our area to declare in the early hours.

Other parts of Wiltshire take longer in part because of the distances involved to transport ballot boxes.

Expect the county's full set of results by 0600 on Friday morning.

We'll have full live local coverage overnight on bbc.co.uk/wiltshire and on BBC Radio Wiltshire.

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